OSU Libraries' First Maps Open House

November 15, 2013

OSU Libraries' First Maps Open House

Join the Ohio State University Libraries for the first-ever maps open house! Pulling from libraries across the university and from documents that span continents and centuries, OSU's map collection is a rich archive of information about parks, cities, and history. The open house will be held on November 20th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in Thompson Library room 150.

Stop by to view maps from the Rare Books and Manuscript Library, The Byrd Polar Archive, University Archives, the Geology Library, Historic Costume & Textiles Collection, the Gardner Family Map Room, and the Ohio Congressional Archives.

 

 

 

Highlights include:

16th and 17th century maps of the World and the “New World”

Early Ohio Maps

Subway maps

Andersonville Prison Map

Antique Maps from the Robert E. Oscar collection

Railroad Maps


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